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Honda Foreman 500 Manual Shifting Problems

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My Foreman 500 with ES. Won't shift down. Put in a new battery, After installing the new battery I used it for several short trips running it for 10-20 minutes at a time seamed to be shifting fine struggled a little going from 1 to neutral. parked it for several hours, then later when I started driving it, it would shift up but not shift down. Now it is parked in gear. Is there any way to manully shift it down so I can get it started.

And is there a simple fix that could possibly solve this problem.

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